France-001803 - Dune du Pilat by archer10 (Dennis)
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This is huge and hard to walk on as the sand is so fine.
The dune is a famous tourist destination with more than one million visitors per year.
At its southern entrance from the Atlantic ocean, Arcachon Bay is crowned by Europe's largest sand dune, the Dune du Pilat, nearly 3 kilometres (1,86mi) long, 500m (1,640ft) wide, reaching 110m (361ft) in height, and moving inland at rate of 5m (16.4ft) a year.
The Dune of Pilat (French: Dune du Pilat, official name), also called Grande Dune du Pilat) is the tallest sand dune in Europe. It is located in La Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon Bay area, France, 60 km from Bordeaux. Read further
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